COMMERCIALIZATION
World-changing solutions.
Amplified impact.
SRI investment, innovation, partnership, and product professionals work with federal and commercial clients to inform and accelerate deep-tech innovation through commercial R&D, IP licensing, startup support, and so much more.
Innovating in
13,000+patents filed
100+active licenses
$4B+federal funding(past 10 years)
30+startups in portfolio
“You may know SRI for its unparalleled research legacy in Silicon Valley and throughout the U.S. But how we take this bold portfolio of innovation to market will define the impact SRI will have in the next half a century.”
Suresh SunderrajanPresident, Commercialization
How we work
Here’s how we work with visionaries to bring ideas to fruition—and to market.
Real-world impact
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Researchers aim to disrupt how new materials are leveraged in the design process
SRI chosen by DARPA to develop next-generation computational design of metallic parts and intelligent testing of alloys.
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Podcast: How students can help drive educational innovation
SRI’s Ela Joshi discusses how product developers, researchers, districts, and schools can leverage student voice.
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SRI researchers develop rugged, low-cost, drifting sensors to learn more about the oceans
PEARL drifters pack an array of sensors into a compact autonomous device to gather data and signs of activity.